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The European Network of Gynaecological Cancer Advocacy Groups is an ESGO network. Organiser of @WorldGODay 💜

[ENGAGe.ESGO @EngageEsgo]

One of the biggest barriers women often face when it comes to uterine cancer is stigma.*💜🧡 Often, symptoms are seen as taboo or embarrassing, leading to silence and delayed care. Awareness is dangerously low – both among women and healthcare professionals – and without awareness, there is no early diagnosis.

To change this, we joined forces with patient advocacy groups, medical societies & AstraZeneca to co-author a position paper on uterine cancer “Spotlight on uterine cancer: Shaping access to equitable and high-quality care”. Launched at the 2025 @Concordia Annual Summit, held alongside the @United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting, the paper is a rallying cry to break the silence.

It highlights how stigma and neglect perpetuate inequities in care and calls for: public awareness that can break the silence, training for primary care providers so they can recognize symptoms early, and investment in prevention strategies that stop late diagnoses before they happen. By opening up conversations, we can save lives. Find out more 👉 https://t.co/zt9RYft3Ap

#UterineCancerAwareness #WomensHealth #UNGA80

References
1. International Gynecologic Cancer Society. Reducing Disparities in Uterine Cancer: A Global Call to Action. (no date). Available from: https://t.co/K7aMykNhis [Last accessed September 2025]
2. Illah O et al. A review of the global inequalities in the management of gynaecological cancers. TOG. 2024;26(4):271-281.
3. Nargund G. We need to transform women's healthcare to tackle 'medical misogyny'. BMJ. 2024;387:q2813.

[ENGAGe.ESGO @EngageEsgo]

Starting now! Tune in to the ESGO YouTube channel to watch the livestream of our high-level policy event at the European Parliament! 💜

👉https://t.co/cDstRa1d1k

ENGAGe Co-Chair Elect Anne De Middelaer will be speaking, along with ESGO leadership and expert policy-makers, on addressing the unmet needs in women’s health.

#patientcare #patientadvocacy #womenshealth @esgo_society

[Being Africa @Being_Africa]

A diagnosis in 2007 changed everything.

Her purpose - #HerReasonForBeing became clear: to turn her story into action, empowering women to safeguard their health & unite communities against cervical cancer.

Sally is urging us to #ActNOW to end #CervicalCancer in our lifetime.

[ESGO @ESGO_society]

In Brussels & ready to speak on unmet needs in women's health!

[ENGAGe.ESGO @EngageEsgo]

Prof Murat Gultekin is here for you. 🩷

Helping screen & treat cervical cancer cases has been his life’s work. In particular, he’s here to find ways to help prevent cervical cancer via HPV vaccination, early detection & prompt treatment.

ℹ️ Want to understand the role of HPV in cervical cancer and how vaccines work? ENGAGe offers several brochures to help! Download in your language 👉 https://t.co/UC6IKu8SvF

#Iamhere #CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth

[ENGAGe.ESGO @EngageEsgo]

Hi! Cecilia, here, your cervical cancer guide.🙋♀️ 🩷

One of the things many patients tell us at ENGAGe is that they wish they’d understood how serious their cervical cancer symptoms were before their diagnosis. 😫 Our ENGAGe members are working hard to spread awareness in their communities about these symptoms and when to take action when symptoms are noticed!

Because symptoms of cervical cancer are not always obvious, like extra bleeding during your menstruation, too many women are diagnosed in later stages of the disease.

The main symptoms are:
* Bleeding between periods
* Bleeding after sexual intercourse
* Bleeding in postmenopausal women
* Discomfort during sexual intercourse
* Smelly/bloody vaginal discharge
* Pelvic pain

For more in-depth information, take a look at the handy guide on our website, including longer brochures to download about the cancer, its treatment and how to prevent it by vaccinating against HPV! 👉 https://t.co/9B9iWS3Y6D

#cervicalcancerawarenessmonth #gyncancer

[ENGAGe.ESGO @EngageEsgo]

I’m Cecilia, your guide along the cervical cancer pathway.🙋♀️ In our last post, we heard from Anne de Middelaer about her journey & how she feels now as a survivor. 🩷

My story is based on the experiences of real-life patient advocates, like Anne, who are members of ENGAGe. My goal is to help guide patients—at whatever point in their journey with cancer—and their loved ones.

Particularly at the beginning of a cancer diagnosis, it’s often difficult to take in all the information. But I’m here to tell you today that you are NOT on this journey alone.

You can seek support, from patient advocates like Anne and patient advocacy groups like the members of ENGAGe, and from online resources like the ones on https://t.co/suArMKv2aJ

I…or I should say WE!… are here for you.💜

#Iamhere

[IJGC @IJGConline]

#SocietyStatement European Society of Gynaecological Oncology resource-stratified guidelines for the management of patients with #cervicalcancer

🌐 https://t.co/CxX63piap8

@pedroramirezMD @HsuMd @JayrajAarthi @AndreFernandes2 @IGCSociety @ESGO_society @ENYGO_official @OncoAlert @IJGCfellows @GynMe4 @luribero26 @beatesarta @AlwynDO @PeppeParisi_ @ilkerselcukmd @VinTarantino @NSeminario27498

[Asociación ASACO @asociacionASACO]

📢 Enero, un mes clave para visibilizar el cáncer de cérvix

🔎 Factores de riesgo a tener en cuenta: infección por el VPH, tabaquismo y no acudir a los cribados de forma regular.

🔗 Infórmate y comparte materiales fiables:
https://t.co/XVpUxNwjbF

#VacunaVPH #Prevención

[Ane Gerda Z Eriksson MD PhD @agz_eriksson]

🏥@ESGO_society Resource stratified guidelines for #CervicalCancer
🌍🤝🌎 Global representation of #GynOncology experts lead by @DavidCibula

@ENYGO_official @PARSGO_Official @MEMAGO4 @BGCS_org @IGCSociety

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

📣 Join our press conference on global health issues, with special focus on taxes on sugary drinks and alcoholic beverages, and on cervical cancer prevention and control, tomorrow at 13:30 CET (Geneva time)! @drtedros

[Vulval Cancer UK Awareness @VulvalCancerUK]

LS Awareness Day is 17th January
Please join us to help raise the much needed awareness.

[ENGAGe.ESGO @EngageEsgo]

Happy New Year! 💜💜💜

Today we welcome a new number on the calendar AND a new gynae cancer guide for patients and their loved ones!

Please meet Cecilia!

Cecilia will explain steps of the cervical cancer journey in social media posts this January along with some invited guests! 🩷

Thank you everyone for your interest in & engagement with our other gynae cancer guides, Olivia and Emilia, this year! We launched the Italian, German, and Greek translations of Olivia (ovarian cancer), and met Emilia (endometrial cancer) over the summer! 🩵🧡

The aim of these guides is to provide easy-to-understand resources for patients and their loved ones while they navigate gynae cancer symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

#Happy2026 #HappyNewYear #gynonc #gyncancer

[ENGAGe.ESGO @EngageEsgo]

Happy holidays to all! 💜

[ENGAGe.ESGO @EngageEsgo]

We wish all of our members, partners & friends a wonderful and warm holiday season! 🤩We will be taking a short break over the New Year and look forward to assisting you again in 2026 — and greeting all of our delegates at the Patient Advocacy Seminar in Copenhagen🇩🇰! 💜💜

[Union for International #CancerControl @uicc]

People with lived experience of cancer have a huge part to play in cancer care. By embedding their voices into decision-making, health systems can improve treatment & address emotional, social, & practical needs. 🧡

#WorldCancerDay 4 February 2026 #UnitedByUnique

[World Ovarian Cancer Coalition @WOCCnews]

We are proud to celebrate the recipients of the 5th Annual Impact Awards! 💙

🎥 Watch the full awards ceremony here: https://t.co/2mKAxvCNx4

[ESGO @ESGO_society]

Congratulations to the newly elected ESGO Officers! 🎉
Ane Gerda Eriksson 🇳🇴 was voted President-Elect & Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz 🇨🇭was voted Vice President at an online ESGO Council meeting today! They will take office following #ESGO2026 in Copenhagen in February along with the incoming President, Jalid Sehouli 🇩🇪. 🙌

ESGO Council general elections (which will be voted by members online) for vacant council seats serving under these officers from 2026 to 2030 will begin in mid-January. Stay tuned!

[ENGAGe.ESGO @EngageEsgo]

Kudos to the organisers of the #EuropeanCancerSummit this week for highlighting the unfortunate fact that cancers that affect women are all too often underestimated. Talking about it openly is the first step to fixing the problem. 💜

We were also glad to see a focus on quality of life for cancer patients, an extremely important topic for our members and one that we have been working on for some time. 🤩

If you haven’t yet had a chance to read the policy report on Survivorship and Quality of Life published by the European Cancer Organisation this week in advance of the summit, please take some time to do so 👉https://t.co/arIY9EO4Eu

📸: ENGAGe Co-Chair Kim Hulscher, Director Eva Streglova, Member Eva-maria Stromsholm, ESGO Prevention Committee Member Mihaela Grigore

[ESGO @ESGO_society]

Today, November 17, marks the World Health Organization’s World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day. 💜🩷🧡

This builds on a global movement that began in 2020, when 194 countries collectively committed to eliminate a cancer for the first time & WHO launched a global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem.

ESGO & ESGO ENGAGe are proud to support WHO in the worldwide strategy to eliminate this preventable disease.

Learn more about this awareness day and how you can get involved 👉 https://t.co/yygBQsnvt2

#oncoalert #gyncancer #gynonc #cervicalcancerelimination

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

It's World #CervicalCancer Elimination Day

Cervical cancer could be the first cancer EVER in the world to be eliminated, if:
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment

https://t.co/GDNVsK7CYQ

#EndCervicalCancer